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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23 and 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task does Polly give Tom as punishment?
(a) digging trenches in the garden
(b) mopping the floor
(c) whitewashing the fence
(d) carrying water buckets

2. What is the title of the first-prize composition?
(a) A Missouri Maiden's Farewell to Alabama
(b) Is this, then, Life?
(c) The Advantages of Culture
(d) A Vision

3. What does Mary promise Tom for memorizing his Bible verses?
(a) a knife
(b) a fishing pole
(c) new shoes
(d) a slingshot

4. What speech does Tom make on examination day?
(a) the Sermon on the Mount
(b) the Gettysburg Address
(c) Washington's Farewell Address
(d) Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

5. Where has Tom heard of the ailment he fakes?
(a) in a book
(b) from a doctor
(c) from a friend at school
(d) from a teacher

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys expect to happen when Injun Joe lies about the murder?

2. What wakes Tom the next morning?

3. How does Huck sign his name?

4. What do Tom and Joe use to play with the tick?

5. What is the potential consequence Tom heard that the illness could have?

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